Lantern-support



8.1. ANKER;

LANTERN SUPPORT. 4 APPucAT|uN men saw-3', 1919.

Patented Jan. 25,1921.

7 INVENTOR. Szauno J. Amrse ATTORNEYS entree sTATssP TEN -owner.

simian J. ANKE'R, Dir-n1. CENTRO, CALIFORNIA.

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To all whom it mag concern: 1

Be it knownthat I, SIGURD J. ANKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at El Centro, in the county of Imperial and State of California have invented new and useful Improvements in whichthe following is a My object is-to make a specification.

lantern support,

and my invention consists of the novel fea- I described and claimed;

tures herein shown,

' {Figure 1 is a perspective showing a lan- E substantially parallel positions,-

tern' provided with a support maccordance with the principles of my invention.

Fig. 2 is an. enlarged perspect've of the support shown in Fig.1. n

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig.4 is a top plan view illustrating the operation.

The iron stake 1 is a round rod having a sharpened point 2 and a screw-threaded upper end 3. A nut 4 is mounted upon the sc'rew-threaded'upper end 3. A cross arm 5 is mounted upon the stake 1 against the nut 45. A washer G is mounted upon the on the upper end of said stake resting upon tom of the lantern.'--.;The cross arm 7 is similarinconstruction the cross arm 5.

The of the cross arms are on alevei and above the u er face of the nut 81$ heaoro'ss arms 5 an "swing upon the be swung Lantern-Supports, of r night work is-to "raight horizontal arms12 and 13 stake TTas a piyot, so that when the cross'armaare swung ,1n't0' as m Fig.

Specificationof Letters Patent. Patented Jan, 25, 1921, Application filed September a, 1919. Serial No. 321,499. r

i 4, the lantern rim 1%; may be passed between the pairs of hooks at the opposite ends of the cross arms and then the cross arms may into positions crosswise of each other and the hooks 10 and 11 will engage the rim 14 and hook around the" rim and hold the lantern 15 in position. a

The lantern support is especially adapted for supporting lanterns alon irrigation ditches, dikes, and similar p aces where si nals are tobe mounted. V

arious changes may be made without departino" from the spirit of my invention as claimed I claim:

be performed, or where A lantern support 7 including a stake threaded at its upper end,'a'nut screwing on said upper end, a cross arm formed with a depressed portion intermediate .its ends provided with an aperture through which the upper end of said stake extends, said depressed portion resting upon said nut, hooks on the outer ends of said cross arms for engaging the base of a lantern, a washer said arm, a secsaid depressed portion of a depressed porresting upon saidwasherflwithin the de pressed portion oi said first cross arm, hooks on the ends "of said second arm for of said stake within the depressed portion of said second arm.

, In testimony whereof I- have signed my name to, this specification.

SIGURD J ANKEB.

engaging a lanternrbase', and a nut screw- .ing onxtheupper end 

